THE HOUSE OF
N. CUNARD
(By William Pickens for ANP)
In many home and dwellings of
men I have been, in many places
but Nancy Cunard’s house at Chap
pelle, one hour from Paris, is a
place in a class of its own. It is
really a small museum of African
Art. Not so small at that, for I
counted eleven rooms in the main
dwelling and three or four more
in the auxiliary houses. Small won
der that her American mother,
Lady Cunard, could get on with
this independent-minded girls, who
has (perhaps from her English
father who loved art) a mania for
the commonpeople of all races and
nations, especially for those that
aro despised by the snobs of her
“class.”
Her grandfather founded the
CU'NARD LINE of British steam
ships, whose highest product to
date is QUEEN MARY, the blue!
ribbon ship_and perhaps soon the!
QUEEN ELIZABETH, sister ship
for the MARY. Nancy’s father1
married an American, and this1
American mother who is still enor
mously wealthy, would have been
happy if her daughter had mar
ried a count or something and giv_
en mother the opportunity to hold
her noso high among the other
English families. But Nancy was a
born rebel,—and will die a rebel.
Rarely do we know any person to
give up ease and wealth and “po
sition” and a mother who is help
lessly prejudiced by her bringing-'
up, and choose little and freedom, j
and the company of the humble j
fighters for freedom. Most girls;
would sell their souls for what
Nancy’s mother was trying to make
Nancy accept, and which the girl
absolutely refused.
But the house: It is behind a
great stone wall that encireles the
acres of the place,—and is built
of stone, as far also the other
small houses and the well. Lime
trees, plum trees and other fruit
trees cover most of the place,
seems to be the principal room of
Room number 1 (I will call it)
the house.lt is large with double
doors on either side, leading from
tho upper level to room number 2.
In this room SOME of the things;
wcoden masks, mostly African, a
great war shield, wooden statues,
totems a beaded bottle, a moder
rustic painting, tarvcd horn and
tusks, statuettes, a music box and
old carpets.
Room number 2 on about a three
foot higher level, as the house
sits on a rising slope and we are
going up. Desk, lounge, Congo
wooden head w'ith headgear carve
ed like tassel; statues from Guin
ea, Yoruba and Gabun; two mo.
dernistie paintings; old-old table;
music box, a rayal seat on whieh
some African chief was carried by
two men; carved saddle; old car
pets.
sRoom number 3; rather odd for1
a kitchen for it has some very val
uablo Mendiland masks on one
shelf, which African women used
in some sort of secret society;
and ome mounted butterflies; in
addition to the usual kitchen con
veniences.
Room number 4; bedroom; four
walla covered with tapa cloths;
African Statues; old chest of draw
ers; and easy chair; a lavatory;
and a luxury bed.
Room number 5; two feet higher
than number 4; Hispano-Moorish
Chest of the 15th century, decor,
ated with iron covored with gold
leaf, very elaborate; Italian chest
of the 14th century, African seat
before a table of old style from
‘ publisher” days; modernist paint
ings; a mantel; stone steps or
stairs (no railing) to the upstairs
rooms.
Room number 6; upstairs; built
in closets for clothes and for wa
ter tanks for the private water
system, supplied by an electric
pump in the well; old leather
chests and bags, very old; elabor
ate neck ornaments of “the uncivi
1 listed,” mostly African and make of
shark’s teeth, loin’s teeth, tiger's
teeth, and other teeth and claws
•—very elaborate.
Room number 7: African beads
a.plenty; chests- bathroom.
Room number 8: a passage or
hallway rather than a room, hut
containing: books, books and books
mostly on African and Africans;
many papers, periodicals and Span
ish posters; a ease of very valua
ble metal tokens, amulets and in
signia of the ‘heathen,” some of
solid gold (which indicates the
honesty of this neighborhood.)
Room number 9 :bedroom, shar
ing the width with number 8:
books, many books; squatting
wooden statue, many gold orna
ments; metal beads, trade beads
and decorations; glass money on a
string; old walking canes, on« with
snuff holder in top of handle.
Room number 10; a great rack
of braceless and anklets of Africa
perhaps the largest number everi
seen together, over 450, of the
ivory of the elephant and of the
rhinoceros, and of bones; some
“arm clamps” of same materials
which Africans use to tighten their
biceps for throwing the spear;
Cameroon ivory bracelets; other
carved ivory utensils—spoons hair*
pins, amulets; a picture.
Room number 11 reached through
ft passage from 10, and located
just over room number 1; many
fcooks on many shelves, rugs, old
chair and table; and a wide-wida
bed.
The old print shop and the quar„
ters for servants of those who
held the place before Miss Cunard
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—Legal Notices—
Atty. .C E. Walsh
No. 405 Omaha Loan & Bldg. Aasr
15th and Dodg >
NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATION
In the County Court of Douglas
County, Nebraska:
In the matter of the Estate of
Mary Pierce, Deceased.
All persons interested in said
estate are hereby notified that a
petition has been filed in said
Court alleging that said deceased
For Sale
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Down Payment from
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balance like RENT
eTmTdavis
LISCENSEI) REAL ESTATE
BROKER
I 2817 No. 24U^SL__WE2I^
djed' leaving no will and praying
for administration upon his estate,
and that a hearing will be had
on said petition before said court
on the 8th day of October 1938,
that if they fail to appear at
said Court on the said 8th day of
October 1938, at 9 o'clock A. M.
to contest said petition, the court
may grant the same and grant ad
ministration of said estate to Hen
ry W. Black or some other suit
able person and proceed to a set
tlement thereof.
Bryce Crawford,
County Judge
Begin 9-17-38.
Ending 10-1-38.
-0
Kay L. Williams, Atty
Room 1 2-lth Lake St. Tuchman
Building
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF
DOUGLAS COUNTY NEBRASKA
_.
In the matter of the estate of
Phillip Streeter, deceased.
To Phillip Streeter and all bene
ficiaries of his estate, and all other
persons interest in said estate.
You are hereby notified that a
petition has been fild in this Court
on the 30th day of 'Vugust, A. I).,
1938 by Odtssa Jackson, interest
ed in said estate as sole benefici
ary therof, alleging that Phillip
Streeter, a resident of Douglas
County, Nebraska, on or about the
15 day of June, 1929, without
known cause absented himself from
his usual place of residence and
has ever since concealed his where,
abouts from his family for a per
iod of more than seven years last
past; that said absentee has per
sonal property to be administered
in Douglas County Nebraska.
Said petitioner prays that the
Court prescribe the notice and the
return therein which shall be
given, addressed to and served up
on said absentee and said benefi
ciary as provided by law, that the
date of death of said Phillip Street
er to determined and that adminis
tration of said estate be granted
to Odessa Jackson. You are there
fore notified that a hearing will
be had on said petition on the 29th
day of Oct. 19.18, at 9:00 A. M. o’
clock at the County Court Room
of Douglas County, Nebraska and
that if you fail to appear at said
time and place and contest the
petition, the Court may giant the
prayer herof, appoint a represen.
tative for said absentee and make
such other orders according to law
as may bo necessary to the end
that said estate and all things
pertaining thereto mny be finally
settled and determined,
Bryce Crawford,
County Judge.
Beginning Sept. 3-38
Ending Oct. 29-38.
Atty. John Adams, Jr.
j Room 310 Karboch Block,
Douglas at 15th St.
PROBATE NOTICE -
In the matter of the estate of
William J. Costen, deceased.
Notice is hereby given: That
the creditors of the said deceased
will meet the executrix of
MONUMENT PLANNED IN
HONOR OF CASEY JONES
I r
Cayce, Ky., Sept. 29—A monu
ment to Casey (Jones, the man who
died at the throttle of “Old 382,"
will be erected by citizens of this
small town at the edge of South
western Kentucky where the half
legendary railroad figure started
his career as a telegrapher’s help
said estate, before me, County
Judge of Douglas County, Nebr
aska, at the County Court Room
of said County, on the 14th day
of November 1938 and on the 14th
day of Januai*y 1938, at 9 o’clock
A. M., each day, for the purpose
of presentng their claims for ex
amination, adjustment and allow
ance. Three months are allowed
for the creditors bo present their
claims, from the 14th day of Octo
ber, 1938.
Bryce Crawford,
County Judge.
Begin 9-24-38
Ending 10-8-38
er.
An inital fund of $200 was rais„
r d recently at a banquet in Cayce
to which 700 persons paid admis
sion. A Casey Jones memorial com
m it tee has been elected and an old
railroad buddie of Jones has just
came forward with a picture of the
famous locomotive, which will be
engraved on the monument.
Casey’s career was ended in A
pril of 1900 when h« drove the
Cannonball on a foggy morning
into tho rear of a standing freight
train.
According to Sim Webb, Casey’s
Negro fireman on that fatal run,
the engineer told Webb to jump
when ho saw the Cannonball would
crash into the freight while he
stayed at the throttle in an effort
to save the passengers in the 12
coaches behind. Webb jumped and
landed in a clump of bushes, only
rlightly hurt.
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